Tuesday, May 20, 2014

China H-18 Supersonic Stealth Bomber Concept

Which is is kind of funny considering even the US and Russia don't have supersonic stealth bombers, the stealth bombers are subsonic, and only the large fighters like the F-22 are built for stealth. They haven't even perfected their fighters yet.

Replacing this relic, which is sort of a mid-size B-52, with upgrade high-bypass engines and underwing pylons compared to the original TU-16.

HQ images of the H-6K Badger Long Range Strategic Bomber which can carry 6x CJ-10 Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missiles. H-6K is the longest range bomber of the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).

China claims H-18 stealth bomber is able to reach Guam with nuclear weapons

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You're looking at what some people are speculating is China's design for a stealth bomber. It may look like a simple model right now. But these Chinese models have a habit of turning into working airplanes. And if that happens in this case, watch out. Because it could potential give these Chinese the ability to penetrate deep, deep into enemy territory without the opponents ever knowing what hit them.

Remember, designs very similar to China's J-31 stealth fighter and its Li Jian stealthy-ish drone appeared as trade show models only two years before full-size versions of the planes were revealed in the past year.

The latest plane resembles a cross between Russia's PAK DA stealth bomber design, it's T-50 PAK FA stealth fighter and Northrop's YF-23 Black Widow -- the stealth jet that lost the contest to be the world's first fifth-generation fighter to Lockheed Martin's YF-22 Raptor. (The cockpit also resembles this fictional monstrosity.)

What could such a plane be used for? It would likely serve as a penetrating bomber designed to keep an enemy far from China's shores by sneaking past enemy radar and attacking enemy bases and ships with cruise missiles. Some have speculated that China's J-20, which is huge for a fighter, was meant to fulfill this role; similar to a stealthy version of the F-111 Aardvark or F-15E Strike Eagle. However, we're seeing the J-20 conducting flight tests with air-to-air missiles; a possible indication that it may be a high-speed interceptor -- similar to the Soviet Union's giant MiG-25 Foxbat and MiG-31 Foxhound interceptors -- designed to steak out and shoot down approaching bombers.

Chinese Web forums claim the new stealth bomber might have a length of 91-feet and a wingspan of 72-feet. This is smaller than all of the U.S. and Russia's strategic bombers such as the B-1 Lancer or Tu-22M but slightly larger than the U.S.'s F-15E Strike Eagle tactical bomber. The jet is also rumored to have an operational radius of just under 2000-miles.Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2d9_1371147202#xB2zbZQTAz1zfHtW.99